primary InterFaith Organizations

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To decrease religious prejudice and raise awareness of the importance of inter-religious dialogue and cooperation through developing relationships between churches and religious communities throughout BiH;
To promote the relationship between the State and the churches and religious communities through mutual
commitments; To link the IRC-BiH with regional and international initiatives.

Approach

IRCs work is based on existence and activities of 5 working groups: legal experts group, media group, education group, womens group and youth group.

Structure

no structure info

Scale

Moderate

Scope

Global

Activity

The Inter-religious Council has already prepared: Draft on Law on freedom of religion and legal status of churches and religious communities in BiH; published a Glossary of Religious Terms; book on religious customs of Muslims, Orthodox Serbs, Catholics and Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina; several issues of the magazine “Religious perspectives”; organized dozens of seminars for children, youth, women, religious ministers, religious educators, young theologians; published a monitoring based report on status of freedom of religion in BiH and implemented a series of other projects to build tolerance and civil society in the country.